Bremer, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50677. The Survey maps it on the Bremer quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Bremer quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bremer between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | TRIPOLI FIRE DEPT. |
| 25 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1969 HWY 63, IA |
| 3 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bremer: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drappe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bremer in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremer | $350,000 | Three houses damaged and 2 barns down. One house was shifted on its foundation. Storm survey conclusion was these were straight line winds of about 95 MPH. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremer | $10,000 | Emergency Manager reported roof of cattle barn peeled off. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremer | $10,000 | Emergency Manager reported several instances of tree limbs down and crop damage near Denver at 175th and Highway 63, 180th and Joplin, and 1N and 2S in Bremer County. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Bremer | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported a bridge along C38, or 212th St, has water flowing over it due to Baskins Run flooding. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremer | $5,000 | Several 10 to 12 inch diameter pine tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Bremer | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremer | $2,000 | Emergency manager reported storage shed damaged. This is a delayed report. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Bremer | - | Law enforcement reported water over portions of Highway 63 west of Tripoli. Depth was unknown, but noted water covering several locations of the highway. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Bremer | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Bremer | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Bremer | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Bremer | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bremer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108030638 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454816. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



